CANDICE (BUSS) CASAS

713 Morehead Ave, Apt 3, Greensboro, NC 27401 | 651-332-1075 | cdbuss@uncg.edu

EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Ph.D. student in Kinesiology, concentration in Sociohistorical Studies In progress

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
M.A. in Womens and Gender Studies 2012
Culminating Project: I keep dancing on the Internet A semi-autoethnographic account of my virtual
dance experience on YouTube
The College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, MN
B.A. in Psychology 2006
Areas of Concentration: Human Services, Womens Health
Minor: Womens Studies
Webster Scholar Honors Program
AWARDS
Sally and Alan Cone Graduate Student Travel Award for Conference Presentations April 2012
Sally and Alan Cone Course Scholarship January 2011
Sally and Alan Cone Graduate Student Travel Award for Conference Presentations September 2010
Webster Scholar, The College of Saint Scholastica January 2006
Outstanding Senior in Psychology, The College of Saint Scholastica January 2006
Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Scholars Program 2004-2006
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport 2013-Present
National Womens Studies Association 2010-Present
South East Womens Studies Association 2012-2013
American Association of University Women, 2010-2012
American Sociological Association, 2010-2011
Psi Chi, 2004-Present
American Culture Association, 2011
Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2005-2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant- Sociology of Sport & Physical Activity 2012-2013
Assisted with the redevelopment and implementation of an undergraduate Sociology of Sport and
Physical Activity course at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Tutor Psychology, Statistics, Biology 2005-2006
Tutored students one-on-one for a variety of psychology courses, including statistics and Biology
through Student Support Services at The College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, MN.
Teaching Assistant Women and Computers 1/1/2000
Assisted with teaching a women and technology course at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Structured Study Monitor Academic Enhancement Program University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2010-present
Monitors the activities of the Structured Study Hall for student athletes as a part of the UNCG
Academic Enhancement Program. This includes opening and closing the physical premises, signing
students in and out of SSH, enforcing AEP policies, and maintaining computer lab equipment.
Graduate Assistant Graduate School University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2011-present
Answers questions about Graduate School admissions and enrolled student policies on the
telephone and in person, also routes questions to appropriate full-time Graduate School employees.
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Graduate Assistant Womens and Gender Studies University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2010-2011
Assisted with research, event planning and marketing, social media, data entry, and advising
undergraduate Womens and Gender Studies majors and minors.
Transfer Articulation Specialist University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2008-2010
Processed transfer credit for freshman and transfer students. Answered questions regarding
general education requirements, graduation requirements, regional accreditation, Advanced
Placement (AP) tests, and College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests. Responsible for
maintaining quality standards for the North Carolina College Articulation Agreement.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Center for Womens Health and Wellness - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC January 2010 January 2011

Conduct qualitative interviews with participants for multiple studies regarding womens health.
Provide data analysis in SPSS for quantitative secondary analysis of a project analyzing high school
athletic coaches beliefs regarding sexual assault.
Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2006 - 2008
Coordinated research that analyzed the efficacy of a combination drug treatment for smoking
cessation. Assisted with a study that analyzed novel approaches to smoking cessation. Worked with
a medical doctor to prepare a National Institute of Drug Abuse R01 grant that proposed research
that would analyze the impact of female sex hormones on smoking cessation.
Summer Research Training Program - University of California- San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Summer 2005
Worked with Dr. David Mohr to create a secondary data analysis looking at the impact of fatigue in
sexuality in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Department of Psychology - The College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, MN 2004 2006
Worked for several professors in the psychology and nursing departments on quantitative research.
Also completed a senior capstone research project that looked at health locus of control and breast
self-examination behaviors and beliefs in young women.
PUBLICATIONS
Buss, C.D. (2013, in press). Review of Russo, Harilyn, Dont Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Speaks Out. H-Disability, H-Net Reviews.
Buss, C.D. (2012). Review of Rembis, Michael A., Defining Deviance: Sex, Science, and Delinquent Girls, 1890-1960.
H-Disability, H-Net Reviews. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35309
Buss, C.D. (2011). Weightlifting. In M.Z. Stange, C.K. Oyster, & J.E. Sloan (Eds), Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
(pp. 1544-1545) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
SERVICE
National Womens Studies Association Fat Studies Special Interest Group co-chair 2012-Present
National Womens Studies Association Disability and Disability Studies Special Interest Group
founding member 2013-Present
South East Womens Studies Association conference planning committee 2012-3
PRESENTATIONS
Fat Studies in the Womens and Gender Studies classroom
Workshop presented with Michaela Nowell, PhD. at the National Womens Studies Association
annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH. 2013
Wait, weight, you broke your back? A fat-embodied tale of spine surgery
Paper presented at the National Womens Studies Association annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH. 2013
"Deviant Dancing: Fatness, queerness, and dis/ability on "Dancing With The Stars"
Paper presented at the Southeast Womens Studies Association annual meeting, Fairfax, VA. 2012
"Expanding Landscapes of Coalitions and Homeplaces: Activist and Academic Networks in the 21st Century
Roundtable discussion at the National Womens Studies Association annual meeting, Oakland, CA. 2012
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Praxis Access: Including disability in the difficult dialogues of Womens Studies
National Womens Studies Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2011
Social networking and the fat female athlete: Reimagining the female athlete
Paper presented at the National Womens Studies Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2011
Sports supplements and female athletes: Reality, risks, and recommendations
Poster presented at the National Conference on Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity
conference, Greensboro, NC. 2011
High school coaches attitudes about violence and sexual assault prevention.
Paper presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
National Meeting . 2011

Fatness and Queerness: Connections to Discourse
Paper presented at the National Womens Studies Association annual meeting, Denver, CO. 2010
The Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Attrition from Smoking Cessation Treatment in Women"
Poster presented to the University of Minnesota Womens Health Research Conference. 2007
The Impact of Health Locus of Control and Breast Self Exam Behaviors and Beliefs in Young Women.
Paper presented at the Twin Ports Undergraduate Psychology conference, Duluth, MN. 2006
The Moderating Impact of Gender, Multiple Roles, and Personal and Achievement Hassles
on the Relationship between Self-Oriented Perfectionism and Physical and Mental Health.
Paper presented at the Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology conference, St. Paul, MN. 2006
The Impact of Fatigue on Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Disability in Patients with
Multiple Sclerosis Undergoing Treatment for Depression.
Poster presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2006

The Impact of Fatigue on Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Disability in Patients with
Multiple Sclerosis Undergoing Treatment for Depression.
Paper and poster presented at the University of California- San Francisco Summer Research Training
Program, San Francisco, CA. 2005